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Lemon Rice

Lemon Rice is a popular South Indian variety rice made with fresh lemon juice and tempered with flavorful spices and mixed with cooked rice and served with South Indian curry (poriyal), coconut chutney or papad varieties. It is made commonly in South Indian homes and popular lunch menu in Indian restaurants. It is a quick and easy lunch box recipe and tastes great with left over rice as well. Come, let’s see how to make this perfect and tasty recipe at home with easy method and step by step pictures.

Author: PRIYA SRINIVAS

Category: Vegan

Cuisine: South Indian

Preparation time: 2 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Serves: 2

Ingredients:

Cooked Rice- 1.5 cups

Green chilli- 4

Turmeric- 1/4 tsp

Salt- as required

Lemon- 1 large

To temper

Sesame Oil- 1 tbsp

Mustard- 1 tsp

Urad dal- 1 tsp

Channa dal- 1 tsp

Roasted Peanuts- 2 tbsp

Cashew nuts- 1 tbsp

Curry leaves- 1 sprig

Red chilli- 2

Asafoetida- 2 pinches

Method:

1. Preparation: Cook rice, cool down completely and separate the grains. Click here to see how to cook basmati rice to perfection.